Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned/Racing
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Racing
In total there are 12 races. They appear at random on your map as a red blip with a white helmet on it. You will only see one at a time. To start the race just get to that blip and park in the arrow with a bike. You get 250 for winning the first race (no matter which) and an increase of 250 for each win after that until the last race wins you 3250. If you lose, you can redo the race later. Until you won all races, no race will appear again that you already won.
Hint: The best bike for racing is the "Shitzu NRG900". Fast and good handling.
Alderney Industrial
A very curvy track. Concentrate on driving and only take the bat out when you are close to others. Also pay very close attention to the water and try to stay away from it. The computer always slows down extremely in the last bit from the alley near the police station to the start point. There is your chance to hit them hard or just overtake them by driving skills or both.
Tudor Docks
This docks race gives you a very good shortcut, since you need to hit the blips and not actually do the course. Where the course in the southwest makes a sharp and complicated turn, you can actually go earlier to the left through the gas station there. This shaves you off a few ranks almost every time you do it. Also near the second gate in the port heading north, the other bikers make a curve to the left, while you can go pretty much directly for the blip instead of driving that nice curve.
Alderney Casino
This track leads around the casino and the abandoned house. Since you go again around the beach be careful not to land in the water. Let the crowd bash ahead around the casino and take them again when it goes from the beach up to the roads again. Never be in the crowd around the casino, from where you cross the bridge to where you drive under it. One good swing there and you are out of the race.
Alderney City
This is a simple track. There are two hard spots. One is the turn south after you race a long stretch in the north. Slow down way before the turn or you won’t make it. Second is the alley to the start point, again, make it slowly in there, many of the other racers will screw up there.
Alderney Beach
This track is a bit hard to do since most of it is on the beach. So you need something strong and fast. The city course part is very tricky as you have many corners and positions where you can slip away. And don't drive too deep into the water or you will lose the bike and the race instantly.
Park Circuit
Starts in the north projects in Algonquin, goes south, then through the road in middle park and north again. Very simple track. Get that speed up on the stretch through middle park and then up the road to the north. You can get most of the distance there.
North West Alderney
This one is tricky. It's basically just all curves and corners all the way. Keep your eye on the corners and ignore the crowd for the most part. It's three laps,. so use the first to scout the track and then start cleaning up and gaining rank if you haven't already.
Holland
This race starts northwest of the northeastern X project buildings. The race goes around Holland, which is the area north of Middle park in general. Be very careful with the turn northwest to the east again, that one has a lot of potential to screw your race up.
Bohan Steps
This 3 lap race takes you around the northwest of Bohan. Drive careful through the first bit, especially at that Z curve. There is a shortcut here over the stairs if you manage it. Since most of the others are having troubles here, you can save a lot of time. When it goes north, floor it, there is where you can make distance. Just be careful when the large curve in the north comes, that’s where you can get drifted out through the wooden fence on the right. Slow down a lot up there and the rest should be easy.
Bohan Strip
3 laps, short ones at that in the northeast corner of Bohan. This is again one of those courses that leads you over steps and across lanes. Just after the steps on the right is an alley, if you can hit it, you save a lot of time. Drive careful around the sharp corners and floor it on the straight stretch.
Bohan Beach
These 3 laps around the beach is a bit tricky. It's a small course and except for the beach, nothing hard. Just concentrate on staying away from ledges and the water near the beach and then drive fast on the roads again.
Schottler Station
A long 3 lap race. There isn't much to say but to be careful at the turn in to the end of the race. The turn from under the rail tracks through the alley, be very careful there with the construction, you have very little space. When it goes through the park and then straight up to the highway, there is a small spot where you can break through some construction barrier and get to the highway faster, which will shave off a few seconds of your time.
